“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never want to let go of those memories,” was once quoted by Haruki Murakami. Last year I set a goal, I wanted to be on the Owasso Varsity Pom Team. In order to be on that team I had to have my right split. I began to stretch everyday for the past year. I would hold the split for 2 minutes hoping for it to get lower. I watched YouTube videos on how to get your splits and increase your flexibility. I got my splits a couple of months before my tryouts. I then began practicing with my dance teacher once a week to strengthen my skills. On the week of tryouts I was doing my left split and I pushed myself as far as I could trying to balance my left and right split. On the Friday after tryouts I
